Worst Tech mistake you have ever made?

[Boatiy]

friend got drunk n pissed in disc tray

[PepperBurst]

Bought a GT 620.

 

Still have it.... shame.

Same

[cluelessgenius]

my dad is 53 and when he is done browsing he always goes back every page till he is where he started before he closes the browser even after i tried to explain that you wouldnt turn back page for page when you are done reading a book till you are at the cover before closing it he stil doesnt get it. also we have a limited volume on our internet so it really bugs me

[Paralectic]

I read on the forums that someone (as a pretty young kid), forgot to install the motherboard standoffs, powered on the PC, and then completely fried the whole thing.

That can't happen.

[MatazaNZ]

I once thought my dad's Acer desktop with an Athlon II x4 and Radeon HD 5570 was "built for gaming". I am now ashamed of what I once was. I know better now.

[ObeseWalrus]

I almost buy an imac

Mac's aren't bad, they're just not for gaming.

[0s4x]

On my old PSU there were both 6 and 8 pin connections for the modular connectors. I somehow managed to get one of the 6 pin cables (was a SATA cable) into the 8-pin socket. One dead SSD, one dead HDD and one dead ODD later, I've still not worked out how the heck I managed to get it in there.

 

EDIT: For the record, the PSU was a Thermaltake Toughpower XT 775W.

[Nickolas47]

Mac's aren't bad, they're just not for gaming.

i agree but i wanted a gaming pc

[LegendKillerRG]

Microsoft's worker saying that Windows can't be installed on SSD

[luke_2bossly]

Writing on this thread... Makes me look like a fail lol

[luke_2bossly]

Amazon customer service said cant install a windows 7 game on windows 8 ))

[phillrulz]

I bought GTX 650

Tbh it was nice going from 650 to a 780ti atleast that was good

[phillrulz]

I dropped a magnet on my harddrive

surely that does nothing.... Ive extracted the neodymium magnets from a HDD now they are strong could lift 18kg from a magnet which is about 2.5cm long and 1cm wide

[AMaleWhale]

I forced a cable in my graphics card upside down when I was 11...

[phillrulz]

Bought a prebuilt, upgrading it part by part when I can.

I did that, was amazed and blinded by a system with an i5 and 2tb hdd and 8gb ram ... atleast the mobo wasnt to bad, i upgraded in this order - GPU to 650, ssd boot drive, mobo to pro4 , psu to cx600m , cpu to 3570k, GPU to 780ti, ram to vengeance 16gb

[Rick Engels]

Bought a Gigabyte 650Ti one year ago.

 

And this (No words needed): 

 

[phillrulz]

Just seen a live streamer build a PC with a 1500w PSU and ITX mobo in a full tower; no cable management, single GPU was at least a GTX 680.

 

It was built on a carpet floor with socks on, then puts mobo on anti-static bag to "Protect it".  Damn near wanted to face palm my screen.  The build was so unbalanced,  like slapped together I mean.

I dont think people realise how static resistant modern day tech is, i have a tesla coil which can produce several hundred thousand volts, i will do a video with my old iphone 3gs getting closer and possibly a strike if its survives the EMI

[ObeseWalrus]

i agree but i wanted a gaming pc

ok

[ManWithBeard1990]

Built a pc without a power button.

[Victorious Secret]

Lost the socket protector thing for my motherboard. 

 

I have never more carefully wrapped and put a item away in my closet than that motherboard because I was so paranoid the pins would bend. 

[phillrulz]

Looked in my grandads PC for some ram to "borrow" little did i know the machine was older than me and had 16mb ram modules

[ericlee30]

A womens PC I worked on back in the early 2000's had dead cockroaches and spiders in it.

[HappyChubbs]

I tried installing a Dell proprietary motherboard into a custom case.  Nothing lined up.

[jaggysnake57]

poor cable management, only 1 stick of 4 gb ram (changing soon) hodge podge of HDDs inc 2.5inch 5400rpm 500gb laptop drive and 5400 1tb old extrernal

[Hans Power]

Okay, now this is really hard to admit but here I go... I broke off a capacitor on my board while changing the graphics card. It still runs stable, the only thing which doesn't work anymore is the left audio channel on the green Stereo out plug. Just using another one of the six I have in total on my mobo works perfectly fine. So, not a big deal actually, since the board still runs rock solid but knowing that still kind of pisses me off.